NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 20, 2025
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues145
Across69
Down76
TitleDouble Vision
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Van Winkle of folklore (3)
Starts with R, ends with PRIP→
4A
Engages in playful fisticuffs (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSPARS→
9A
Italian restaurant frequently seen in food courts (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSBARRO→
15A
Strip for breakfast (5)
Starts with B, ends with NBACON→
20A
Game with a Reverse card (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUNO→
21A
Impressive display (5)
Starts with A, ends with YARRAY→
22A
Suggest (6)
Starts with H, ends with THINTAT→
23A
"I might surprise you" (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETRYME→
24A
"___ all good" (3)
Starts with I, ends with SITS→
25A
Group that Tiger hires to install wall art? (18)
Starts with W, ends with WWOODSWOODSCREWCREW→
28A
Out of shape (6)
Starts with N, ends with TNOTFIT→
31A
___-fisted (3)
Starts with H, ends with MHAM→
32A
Corduroy fabric feature (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWALE→
33A
Thinks out loud (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOPINES→
38A
First game of the season (6)
Starts with O, ends with ROPENER→
40A
It smells (4)
Starts with O, ends with RODOR→
41A
Send fan mail en masse to a Monty Python production? (16)
Starts with S, ends with TSPAMSPAMALOTALOT→
44A
Begrudged (8)
Starts with R, ends with DRESENTED→
47A
Creeping Charlie, e.g. (4)
Starts with W, ends with DWEED→
48A
___ Ross House (Philadelphia landmark) (5)
Starts with B, ends with YBETSY→
49A
Honcho (5)
Starts with N, ends with BNABOB→
53A
Mob enforcer (4)
Starts with G, ends with NGOON→
55A
Dam near the Philae Temple of Isis (5)
Starts with A, ends with NASWAN→
59A
Hands-on business (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
60A
Angry early president can be seen now in TV footage? (14)
Starts with M, ends with NMADMADISONISON→
64A
Med. benefit option, in brief (3)
Starts with H, ends with OHMO→
65A
Divides (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGAPS→
67A
Leggy shorebird (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTILT→
68A
Captain Jean-___ Picard (3)
Starts with L, ends with CLUC→
69A
Really stands out (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPOPS→
70A
Go beyond the opponent's baseline, in tennis (7)
Starts with O, ends with TOVERHIT→
73A
Sound-asleep sounds (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSNORES→
76A
Objective (7)
Starts with P, ends with EPURPOSE→
78A
Like Tommy in the Who's 1969 rock opera (4)
Starts with D, ends with FDEAF→
79A
Common file extension (3)
Starts with D, ends with CDOC→
81A
Set off (5)
Starts with B, ends with NBEGAN→
83A
MGM founder Marcus (4)
Starts with L, ends with WLOEW→
84A
Like, in slang (3)
Starts with D, ends with GDIG→
85A
Hotheaded liberal politico who's eager to hear? (14)
Starts with D, ends with GDEMDEMAGOGAGOG→
89A
"You ___ me at hello" (3)
Starts with H, ends with DHAD→
92A
Ugly expression (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSNEER→
94A
Laser therapy target (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACNE→
95A
Roasted or grilled, in Spanish (5)
Starts with A, ends with AASADA→
96A
Liver spot? (5)
Starts with A, ends with EABODE→
98A
Food for a woodpecker (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSUET→
102A
Smitten person's declaration (8)
Starts with I, ends with EIMINLOVE→
104A
Pharmacist comes through for customers? (16)
Starts with P, ends with SPROPROCURESCURES→
110A
Kind of column (4)
Starts with O, ends with DOPED→
111A
Hang around (6)
Starts with L, ends with RLOITER→
112A
Plant that was a top-five girl's name in the 1970s (7)
Starts with H, ends with RHEATHER→
113A
Sign up for again (6)
Starts with R, ends with NREJOIN→
115A
Word on some Renaissance Faire signage (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOLDE→
116A
Consideration for Cy Young Award voters, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
118A
Mother of Perseus (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDANAE→
120A
Recover from fainting (6)
Starts with C, ends with OCOMETO→
122A
Editor's strike? (18)
Starts with R, ends with NREDREDACTIONACTION→
127A
Young boxer, say (3)
Starts with P, ends with PPUP→
128A
Some Surrealist paintings (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDALIS→
129A
What very punctual people arrive on (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTHEDOT→
130A
Wildly silly (5)
Starts with I, ends with EINANE→
131A
Portfolio piece, for short (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
132A
C-suite figures (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEXECS→
133A
Subject of a negotiation (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSALARY→
134A
Territories (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLANDS→
135A
Jellied fish in an English dish (3)
Starts with E, ends with LEEL→
Down
2D
Past the point of no return (9)
Starts with I, ends with PINTOODEEP→
3D
Email era? (14)
Starts with P, ends with EPOSTPOSTAGEAGE→
4D
Welcomed at the door (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSAWIN→
5D
Stand against (7)
Starts with P, ends with TPROTEST→
6D
Certain queer identity, for short (3)
Starts with A, ends with OARO→
7D
X-ray doses (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRADS→
9D
Make an appearance (6)
Starts with S, ends with PSHOWUP→
10D
Analysis performed with electrodermal stimulation (7)
Starts with B, ends with NBIOSCAN→
11D
"... so?" (3)
Starts with A, ends with DAND→
12D
Offensive linemen, for short (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRTS→
13D
Friend on "Friends" (6)
Starts with R, ends with LRACHEL→
14D
___ vez (again, in Spanish) (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOTRA→
15D
Start of a tangent, in a text (3)
Starts with B, ends with WBTW→
16D
Makeup of some metallic bonds (8)
Starts with A, ends with SARCWELDS→
17D
Title protagonist of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play (6)
Starts with C, ends with OCYRANO→
18D
Serving at a breakfast buffet (6)
Starts with O, ends with TOMELET→
19D
More up-to-the-minute (5)
Starts with N, ends with RNEWER→
26D
Unites (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWEDS→
27D
Play for the camera, say (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEMOTE→
29D
Gives the (pink) slip (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFIRES→
34D
Go on a spree (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSPEND→
37D
It's quite gripping (5)
Starts with T, ends with NTALON→
39D
Song of thanksgiving (5)
Starts with P, ends with NPAEAN→
40D
Globes (4)
Starts with O, ends with SORBS→
42D
___ apple (5)
Starts with A, ends with SADAMS→
43D
Cops (to) (6)
Starts with O, ends with POWNSUP→
45D
Juvenile locust (5)
Starts with N, ends with HNYMPH→
50D
They hang around a lot (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBATS→
51D
One-eyed Norse god (4)
Starts with O, ends with NODIN→
52D
Ginkgo ___ (tree species) (6)
Starts with B, ends with ABILOBA→
54D
Frying need (3)
Starts with O, ends with LOIL→
56D
"Suh-weet! I love this sandwich cookie!"? (14)
Starts with W, ends with EWHOOWHOOPIEPIE→
57D
Music boxes? (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMPS→
58D
Prominent feature of 17-Down (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOSE→
61D
One might start "Incidentally …" (5)
Starts with A, ends with EASIDE→
62D
"___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale) (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASTREGA→
63D
Eye: Prefix (5)
Starts with O, ends with OOCULO→
66D
Pound sound (3)
Starts with A, ends with FARF→
69D
Safety goggles, masks, etc., in brief (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPPE→
70D
They're short for a favorite (4)
Starts with O, ends with SODDS→
71D
Blood line (4)
Starts with V, ends with NVEIN→
72D
Common salad add-in (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTOMATO→
74D
Big heads (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGOS→
75D
Long tale (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASAGA→
77D
"Fear Factor" host Joe (5)
Starts with R, ends with NROGAN→
80D
Public health org. (3)
Starts with C, ends with CCDC→
82D
Low point (5)
Starts with N, ends with RNADIR→
85D
Peach or plum, botanically (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDRUPE→
86D
Come after (5)
Starts with E, ends with EENSUE→
87D
Anne of classic comedy (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMEARA→
88D
One trying to level up, often (5)
Starts with G, ends with RGAMER→
90D
Thrill-seeker's pursuit (9)
Starts with A, ends with EADVENTURE→
91D
It is done (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDEED→
93D
Like much tax law or ancient philosophy (8)
Starts with E, ends with CESOTERIC→
97D
Nursery sight (5)
Starts with B, ends with MBLOOM→
99D
Got it wrong (5)
Starts with E, ends with DERRED→
101D
Little flap, maybe (7)
Starts with P, ends with RPETDOOR→
103D
Support line? (7)
Starts with I, ends with DISECOND→
104D
Weapon similar to a halberd (6)
Starts with P, ends with XPOLEAX→
105D
Brain twister (6)
Starts with R, ends with ERIDDLE→
106D
Cuban dance style (6)
Starts with C, ends with ACHACHA→
107D
"Drunken Sailor," e.g. (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSHANTY→
108D
Wrestler-turned-actor John (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACENA→
109D
RNA base (6)
Starts with U, ends with LURACIL→
111D
Singer with the 2021 hit album "Solar Power" (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELORDE→
114D
Hanker (for) (5)
Starts with J, ends with SJONES→
117D
"Dagnabbit!" (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRATS→
119D
Where the giant Enceladus is buried, in myth (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETNA→
121D
Gem sometimes confused with a moonstone (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOPAL→
123D
Twisty curve (3)
Starts with E, ends with SESS→
124D
Abbr. on a business card (3)
Starts with T, ends with LTEL→
125D
Rocky Mountain state: Abbr. (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIDA→
126D
Actor Somerhalder (3)
Starts with I, ends with NIAN→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 20, 2025?+
145 clues: 69 Across and 76 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Victor Schmitt and Tracy Bennett and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Van Winkle of folklore (RIP); Engages in playful fisticuffs (SPARS); Italian restaurant frequently seen in food courts (SBARRO).
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